I had no idea what "triggered" was. I had no idea what was meant when a woman was hysterical or anxious. I am now in my late forties and am starting to have somewhat of an understanding when a woman tells me that she is anxious. (It means that I can't argue, push the issue, or sell a point on. She wins the fight only because I am not allowed to press the issue, due to extreme emotional discomfort.)

Triggered seems to be an awful experience. Tagging an object, taste or smell to an unpleasant memory and a physiological response that can only be described as extreme emotional discomfort.

How can we as men even comprehend this? I have never had an anxious event in my life! Further more, how can I allow one with such events judge me or command me? Tell me how I should feel or what I should do?

Should people with such mental anguish decide the fate of another?